/*
 *  SPAGL Copyright (C) 2008 Sam Pottinger
 *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser 
 *  General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or 
 *  (at your option) any later version. This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
 *  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
 *  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, 
 *  write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 
 */

package spagcore;

/**
 * An interface to standardize the use of containers or widgets that can hold other widgets
 * @author Sam Pottinger
 */
public interface SpaglCoreContainer {
	
	/**
	 * Places a widget on this container with the given string parameters
	 * @param w the target widget to be placed in this container
	 * @param param the string parameters for the layout manager
	 */
	public void placeWidget(SpaglCoreWidget w, String param);
	
	/**
	 * Gets the width of this widget
	 * 
	 * @return the horizontal size of the widget
	 */
	public int getWidth();
	
	/**
	 * Gets the height of this widget
	 * 
	 * @return the vertical size of the widget
	 */
	public int getHeight();
	
	/**
	 * Sets the size of this widget
	 * 
	 * @param width the horizontal size of this object
	 * @param height the vertical size of this object
	 */
	public void setSize(int width, int height);

}
